| 单词 | i'm telling you |
| 释义 | > as lemmasI'm telling you (b) Originally Irish English. I'm telling you: used to introduce (and give some emphasis to) an observation or comment; also used parenthetically. ΚΠ 1825 Universal Songster I. 255/2 ‘Och! don't be coming here..with your blarney about sending yourself what's not wanted at all,’ says I; ‘so you're out, I'm telling you!’ 1884 Pract. Phonographer May 195/2 It's a pair of canary birds in a gilt cage, and a fine thing all around I'm telling you. 1889 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 1 July 3/7 I have had occasion to call on ‘my uncle’ in almost every large city in the country..and I'm telling you St. Louis is the hardest place I ever struck. 1903 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 682/1 ‘Corodale not here!’ ‘Not since Saturday was a fortnight, I'm telling you, unless he sunk over the head in the sand-drift at the door,’ said the innkeeper. 1950 E. L. Stewart Men should Weep i. i, in Sc. People's Theatre (Assoc. Scottish Lit. Studies) (2008) 58 If I've got tae cry on ye again, it'll be the worse for ye, I'm tellin ye. 1990 J. Eberts & T. Ilott My Indecision is Final xxiii. 239 Look, I'm telling you I'm really seriously interested. 2008 Total Politics Aug. 8/2 He beams across the table... ‘This guy's been very brave, I'm telling you,’ he says. < as lemmas |
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